Ivy Sep 20, 2017 No Comments
Our last blog talked about how R can be compared with Python basis its history, use for Data visualisation, Data handling capacity, Speed and Ease of Learning. This time lets talk about some other features
| R | Python | |
| Purpose | R is a statistical modelling tool basically meant for statisticians. | Python is a general purpose programming language, compatible across all platforms |
Integrated Development Environment |
RStudio, Rattle, Visual Studio for R, Eclipse, etc. |
Pycharm, Pydev, Spyder, IPython Notebook, etc. |
Flexibility |
R can compute statistical models using few lines of codes. Moreover majority of statistical tests are available as packages in R |
Python is flexible in computing algorithms, scripting websites, making softwares, building apps, etc. |